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Harvard Business Review, MBA Lessons Guide Principals' Ed-Tech Leadership

Effective management approaches are not skills principals typically learn through the traditional pathways of education. To fill the gap, they are turning to business programs and publications.




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One Superintendent's Approach to Pragmatic, Sustainable Tech Leadership

When it comes to school technology, Superintendent Doug Brubaker emphasizes robust infrastructure, regular refresh cycles, and training. Taxpayers and teachers are buying into the practical approach.




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Flood of Investment, Products Stirs Fears of Education 'Tech Bubble'

Analysts and business officials wonder if the education technology market faces the risk of a crash, similar to what occurred during the dot-com bust in the 1990s.




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K-12 Tech Leaders Prioritize Cybersecurity, But Many Underestimate Risks, Survey Says

Less than 20 percent of respondents to a new CoSN survey marked any items on a list of cybersecurity threats as "high-risk" from their perspective.




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Letters: Now is the ideal time for a two-track approach to Covid-19

YOU report (HeraldScotland, May 5) that Professor Neil Ferguson, one of the UK government’s key advisers on the current lockdown restrictions, has resigned after breaching the government (and his own) strong advice on the need for social distancing.




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Preschool Class Size—Within Reason—Doesn't Matter, Study Finds

Keeping preschool class sizes at or under 20 children, and keeping child-teacher ratios at 10 to 1, will work for most children in preschool, according to a new study.




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Class Size Proposal Heading to Fla. Senate Vote




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Camley’s Cartoon: Coronavirus, Cummings and Priti Patel

This week, our resident cartoonist turned his pen on the Coronavirus outbreak, bullying claims surrounding the home secretary and Scotland making in to the world list of top beaches.




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Camley’s Cartoon on Saturday, April 18

Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 6210




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Culturally Supportive Program for Black Boys Boosts On-Time Graduation Rates

The California district rolled out a culturally-specific program to support black male students, and the program has led to positive outcomes for students who had an opportunity to participate.




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Revisiting Using Edtech for Bullying and Suicide Prevention

Every year about this time, I write a series of articles about suicide and bullying prevention, and this year will be no different. I can always count on advocates and education companies from all over the world to send me information about what's new in the field. Out of all the companies and produ




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Video of Boys Mocking Native American Vet, Unchecked by Adults, Sparks Uproar

A group of young people were filmed taunting a Native American man and military veteran who was participating in the Indigenous Peoples March.




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Time for a spring clean of our statues to keep them relevant

It’s not that I would be without the pyramids. Nor do I think that the Taj Mahal is a waste of good stone. These tombs, monuments to the departed are treasures beyond price. But can you name the pharaohs or the Mughal empress whose death they mark? No, nor can I without the help of Google.




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Allowing people to be who and what they are, without fear of prejudice, is the hallmark of a civilised society

If you have never given your gender much thought, count yourself lucky. If that tick in the box on almost every form requires no more effort than a flick of the wrist, be aware that for many people gender is not so straightforward.




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Military Bases Provide Support for Home Schoolers

Military bases are providing more support and resources for the growing number of military families who are choosing to home school their children.




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The Coronavirus Just Might End School Privatization Nonsense

The pandemic has boosted appreciation for public schools; the next step is greater funding, argues education historian and activist Diane Ravitch.




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Teaching Kids at Home During Coronavirus: Pro Tips From Homeschoolers

How can parents make sure their kids are still learning, carve out time for their own work, discover their inner teacher, and stay sane? Ed Week turned to the foremost experts for their pro tips: Home schooling parents.




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How and Why to Teach Rural Entrepreneurship

Rural advocates say developing youth entrepreneurs is one way to spark economic development, and a new Rural Entrepreneurship Teaching Unit gives educators a template for teaching students about that issue.




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Zhao on Entrepreneurship, the Common Core, and Bacon

Yong Zhao speaks to BookMarks about the new education paradigm that he proposes in World Class Leaders (Corwin, 2012).




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The Children's Crusade: Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century

At age 17, Nick D'Aloisio just sold Summly to Yahoo! for $30 Million. With technology increasingly penetrating our everyday lives, today's children grow up with computers in their blood: thus, this rise of the teenage entrepreneur is not fading anytime soon.




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The Case for Entrepreneurship Education

Entrepreneurship education should be universally available, to provide all students with opportunities to explore and fulfill their potential, write Stephanie Bell-Rose and Thomas W. Payzant.




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How To Be an 'Intrapreneur' Within a School

Entrepreneurship is a powerful tool that can be used within an established institution to foster innovation and accelerate promising initiatives. Leading a startup project within an organization is called "intrapreneurship" and there are many ways to do that within a school setting.




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Ed-Tech Trends to Look for in 2015: Project-Based Learning, Maker Spaces

Maker-spaces, adaptive learning, and wearable technologies are among the ed-tech trends to keep an eye on in the next few years, a new report says.




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The Risks of Ed-Tech Entrepreneurship, Part 2

While ed-tech entrepreneurship may be less risky than other sectors, there are still many uncertainties to be aware of. Financial, technology, and market sectors are all areas for deep thought and caution.




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Educational Entrepreneurship

Many programs designed by educational entrepreneurs are rendered ineffective by complications with current public policy, suggests a report published by the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.




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The State of K-12 Educational Entrepreneurship

K-12 educational entrepreneurship today is marked by at least three major tensions that deserve a lot more careful attention.




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Student Entrepreneurship in Action

What does it take to get students interested in learning entrepreneurial skills?




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My Unlikely Road to Entrepreneurship

There are many entrepreneurs who can claim that "they've always known they would start their own business," but I am not one of them. So how did I end up as an entrepreneur writing this blog?




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The Risks of Ed-Tech Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is often considered a "risky" endeavor. But I think ed-tech startups are often less risky that startups in other industries.




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Building Young Entrepreneurs for Change

By providing authentic opportunities to practice self-direction, connect with the larger community, collaborate with peers, and develop their respect for social responsibility, the annual Magnolia Makers Market is one way Montessori For All works toward preparing children to be successful leaders in




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Pro Basketball Player Brings Entrepreneurship Program to Baltimore Schools

Rudy Gay's Flight 22 Foundation is partnering with ed-tech company EverFi to teach students how to create a successful business.





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Letters: NHS workers deserve a decent salary and better protection

EUGENE Cairns (Herald Letters, May 6) feels that a fitting tribute to our NHS heroes would be to name hospitals and wards after those who have died in our service during the pandemic crisis.




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TV preview: Romesh Ranganathan - "I'm very good in small doses, in large doses I'm sickening."

Stand-up Romesh Ranganathan is back with a second series of topical comedy show The Ranganation. He talks to Sherna Noah about filming the show in lockdown, the place of comedy in a crisis, and spending so much time with his family.




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Trump Seeks Cut to Children's Health Insurance Program

As part of a proposal to reduce the federal government's bottom line, The Trump administration is asking Congress to cut $7 billion from a program that helps provide low-income children access health-care.




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A Bold Proposal for Taking Mental Health Seriously in Schools

Many schools treat students with mental-health issues reactively, rather than proactively, write Catherine A. Hogan & Laura F. Main.




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Student Trauma Is Widespread. Schools Don't Have to Go It Alone

Nearly half of U.S. children experience adversity, but community-school partnerships can make a difference, write Olga Acosta Price and Wendy Ellis.




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The Obvious Consequences of GDPR

This law is going to make a mess sooner rather than later.




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The Promise of Interactive TV Ruined Online Advertising

It's resulted in a creepy Orwellian environment where Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others have replaced Big Brother.




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Bad Teaching for Preschoolers? There Are Lots of Apps for That

Poor feedback, ineffective guidance and instructions, and lack of adaptivity are some of the key shortcomings identified by researchers in a study of 171 popular mobile learning apps for 3-5 year olds.




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New Study Calls for More Research Into Early-Childhood Teacher Preparation

There's a new focus on getting more training to early-childhood educators, but there's a dearth of information about what constitutes a high-quality, teacher-preparation program.




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Literacy-Rich Preschool Classrooms Key to Early Reading

Expert says labels, books, and writing centers all help with skill development




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Federal Study Tests Early-Grade Math Programs

The largest experiment to date comparing commercial math curricula gives a slight edge to two popular programs.




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Why the Teaching Profession Matters More Than Ever

While teaching is still in the top 10 of highly regarded professions, parents have stopped encouraging their children to become teachers. Guest blogger Heather Harding explores what should be done.




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Culturally Supportive Program for Black Boys Boosts On-Time Graduation Rates

The California district rolled out a culturally-specific program to support black male students, and the program has led to positive outcomes for students who had an opportunity to participate.




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See the 29 Education Programs Trump Wants to Condense Into a Block Grant

The Education Department programs the president wants to consolidate into a block grant deal with English-language acquisition, charter schools, after-school activities, rural education, and more.




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Is Betsy DeVos Trying to Throw Private Schools a Lifeline Using Coronavirus Aid?

New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education says all private school students are entitled to "equitable services" under federal coronavirus emergency relief. Let's explore what that means.




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Video: Preparing Learners: Activating Prior Knowledge

In this lesson, 7th grade English/language arts teacher Emily Park-Friend takes her students through a three-step interview activity.




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'Middle School' Movie Is Fun for Students, and a Sticky Situation for Principals

The film is the first from the James Patterson book series about a middle school student dealing with school rules that don't always make sense.




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A Classroom Strategy: Student-Teacher Conferences Promote Learning (Video)

Chris Knutson, an 8th grade history teacher at Horning Middle School in Waukesha, Wis., shares how he incorporates learning conferences into his lessons.